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Dan drove from Alderwood Mall to the trailhead; along the way we traveled through Burlington (as in Burlington Northern RR) and Concrete. |
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The trailhead. |
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We're off! |
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The trail starts off in the woods, where it had a number of boardwalks, though they didn't seem necessary. |
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Mushrooms. We ate these, and were then in a very surreal state of mind for the rest of hike. |
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This was a sponge-like mushroom. |
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Some of the mushrooms were rather big. This one was over 6" in diameter. |
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Another 6" diameter mushroom. |
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There were several streams crossing the trail. |
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The forest canopy |
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We hiked up this valley. |
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Fireweed gone to seed. |
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John is taking in the view. |
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Mt. Baker, I think. |
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Our destination is on top of the peak ahead. |
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This is John's wife, Lisa. |
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Here is Dan. |
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Here is Hidden Lake as seen from the saddle. |
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My hiking companions are on their way up below. |
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Panorama pics... I tried taking them with the camera rotated to increase the vertical resolution of the stitched panorama. |
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The pipe is to ground the lightening rods on the building. |
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In the foreground in these shots is the rock I was leaning on. |
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There was nearly a dozen people at the top. |
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I tried taking some more after I was off the precarious rock. These were intended to show the view were the rock was in the way, but when I tried stitching them, I found they weren't over enough of the view to be seamlessly integrated. |
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Dan, atop the world. (Up there is where I took the panorama photos.) |
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Dan, getting the hell down. |
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We ate lunch here on the top. |
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Inside the lookout cabin |
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A couple people stayed overnight. |
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In front, Dan, John, and Lisa. The dog is Otis. |
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A film of water runs slowly over this bolder. |
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Looking back across the valley at the zig-zaging trail. |
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I like this one for the bands of color and texture. |
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Back in the parking lot near the trailhead. John is posing for a couple shots of his 'doo. The Marines would be proud. |
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